The Brothers Grimm Page #6

She's stolen your girls for their youth,

for their beauty.

She needs twelve.

Sasha was meant to be the twelfth.

The queen needs one more

to make her spell work.

You're right. Clear out these children.

Get them to Malsburg or Frankfurt.

- (Jake) Leave before the eclipse.

- (horns)

(man) Listen!

(horns)

(herald) People of Marbaden,

citizens of France,

all honor and glory be

to General Vavarin Delatombe.

He rides to the aid of his people.

O est Cavaldi?

Generale! Generale!

Generale!

Ecco Cavaldi!

What are you wearing?

Ah, this.

Precautionary measure.

Generale.

All is well. Everything is in the hands

of your most devoted...

Argh!

If all is well,

why were two compatriots of these men

arrested on the road to Malsburg?

And why would they not stop telling tales

of extraordinary occurrences

in the Thuringian Forest,

spreading superstition and rumors

amongst my troops?

These Grimms are thieves and liars.

Every demon they have killed

they have created.

- No, no, that's not true.

- That's a lie.

But I have confessions.

(gasping)

- Arrest them.

- Baissez-le! Baissez-le!

Vite. Vite!

You see?

You German people,

what you think of as heroes.

New citizens of France,

vanquish your darkest fears.

Burn the forest.

(crowd object and grumble)

And with it...

the Brothers Grimm.

(General) Adieu, Grimm.

And farewell to your tales.

They will not be remembered.

Burn them.

I, uh, sorry.

Bye.

Elsie! Elsie!

- Jacob.

- Will.

Fire.

(screaming)

Bingo.

(Angelika) Will.

Angelika!

The feet. The feet.

Where did you find this?

Where did you find it?

(explosion)

- Run, Jake.

- Wait. My book. My book!

Forget the book, Jacob! Run!

This is the life, eh, Cavaldi?

To be victorious in the field,

with one's troops around you,

enjoying a simple meal,

a soldier's meal,

- by firelight.

- (explosion)

Romantic, huh?

- (Will) Wait!

- (growling)

Father?

Where have you been?

(groans)

Cold. So cold.

(Queen) Come to me, my frozen prince.

Be mine...

(gasps)

...now and forever...

...in love.

- (both) No!

- Angelika.

- It's my father.

- Stop looking. He was trying to kill you.

Jake!

Angelika!

Angelika. (growls)

Angelika!

Will, Angelika's the twelfth.

The twelfth.

(inhales harshly)

What the devil?

What kind of magic, huh?

What tricks?

Where are you going?

Come back here!

You, stand your ground.

That is an order!

I command you. You traitors!

Come back here!

Argh!

Generale. Generale.

Grimmy. Miracolo!

How is this possible?

Run, Will.

(hums lullaby)

Sleep well, princess.

(ravens cawing)

It's started, Will.

It's started.

- (Queen) Yes.

- The blood of the twelfth, my queen.

Wake up, please.

Will, push!

I am.

Will, try the magic ax.

Try the ax!

Ha!

Give me that.

Back, back!

- I held the ax the same way you do.

- Concentrate on getting up in the tower.

I don't have time...

(gunshot)

- We found the missing girls.

- They're in the crypts.

I mean, they're in the crypts.

Grimms, story time is over.

- Execute them.

- No, no. That's who you want. Up there.

I said execute them.

(c*cks pistol)

Generale.

I wish to resign my...

Resignation accepted.

Italian never agrees with me.

(belches)

Mild indigestion.

It will soon pass.

(growling)

Is this one of your tricks, Grimms, huh?

- Run, Will.

- Jake?

Be a soldier!

(valet) How dare you insult my general?

Die, barbarian.

(thud)

(General) Heagh!

Oh, wait. No. Oh!

Huh!

- Bingo.

- You killed my friends.

I only wish you had more.

Still, there is always your brother, hm?

Where is Jacob, by the way?

Beg.

Argh!

No!

I want you to beg.

Oh, God, no, no.

Brave general, don't kill me.

Argh!

All I wanted was a little order.

A slice of quiche would be nice.

(sighs)

Soon we shall be one, my love.

Ah!

- Yes.

- My queen.

(Jake) Stop!

- Huh!

- No.

Finish the spell, my love.

Agh!

Argh!

(Jake screaming)

(mumbles)

(groans)

Where am I?

(groans)

I'm exhausted.

Stop her, Will.

No. Not the knife, Will.

Not the knife!

She's got control of them.

When the moon again becomes full,

so will I.

And your kingdom will once again be mine.

- You can stop her, Jake.

- I can't, Will.

This is your world, Jake.

It's just you.

- Finish the story.

- (Queen) Yes!

I don't know how.

Am I beautiful?

I can't hold on.

I can't hold on.

Ah!

Who's the fairest of them all now?

- You can stop it, you know the story.

- No, I'm weak.

- It's you. It's you.

- I can't.

Oh!

Will. Will!

Will, Will.

Argh!

I'm sorry.

Come here. All right, now.

All right, Will.

Um... OK.

All right.

(Will gasps)

Such brotherly love.

- Such sacrifice.

- Will. Will.

Don't look her in the eyes.

Don't look her in the eyes.

- He's dying, Jacob.

- Leave him alone!

Because of you.

Can you save him?

Do you have your magic beans?

Because I do.

(Queen claps and gasps)

What a beautiful bedtime story this will be.

Did you not know, Jacob?

Truth is much more terrible than fiction.

Will.

Do you want to live?

No.

No, my queen.

Oh, no. No, my queen.

I am here.

(whimpers)

Complete the spell, my sweet new prince.

Mirror, mirror on the wall...

Say it.

You are the fairest of them all.

(Jake) No! Don't kiss her!

(Queen screams)

So cold.

Look what you have done!

Angelika?

You killed my daughters!

- My queen.

- Stop him!

- You must die!

- Stop him!

No, Will. No!

Argh!

Who is the fairest of them all?

No!

Grimmy.

Signor Grimmy.

Please. No, please.

Tell me what to do.

Serve my queen.

No. Grimmy?

Demon queen, hear me.

Swallow my curse from

the dark heart of my ancestors.

(laughs)

Maledetta.

Maledetta!

(Cavaldi) Hello!

Can anybody hear me?

Hello!

Hello.

Jacob!

Jacob, it is I, Cavaldi.

Jacob.

Where's Will?

Will.

Oh, God, Will.

No. God, no.

Wait.

I know this story,

from my childhood.

There is still time, Jacob.

Look.

See? Hurry, Jacob.

The spell can be broken with a kiss...

- Yes, a kiss. A kiss, yes.

... of true love.

Make sure, in your heart, true love.

Or the kiss will be the kiss of death.

(gasps)

Yes.

- (child #1) Eva!

- (child #2 ) Heidi!

(Cavaldi) Bingo!

- Lily!

- Elsie!

Angelika!

- Will.

- Hurry, bambini. Hurry.

Will. Come on, it's over now.

You can get up.

Will, the spell's broken.

Will?

We did it.

Will?

Will.

(Cavaldi) Perhaps another kiss.

Not you.

Hm?

Maybe you should give it a try, Angelika.

(children laugh)

I just had to know what that was like

before the story ended.

Will!

(villagers cheer)

(children scream excitedly)

Good people of Marbaden,

you have nothing further to fear,

because I and the Grimmies,

we have destroyed the dark heart of evil.

You are free!

Grazie! Musica!

(German folk dance)

I would like to keep this.

It saved my life.

- Of course.

- Grazie.

And this, you should be

more careful about this.

- It's very good, but I think it'll...

- (Jake) Is that mine?

- Sorry I never believed in you.

- Well, I never believed in you either.

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